Background
Tyrconnel was the son of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet, and Dorothy Mason. Both his parents died before he was 11 and he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Lady Mason, who had assumed administration of his father"s affairs
Tyrconnel was the son of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet, and Dorothy Mason. Both his parents died before he was 11 and he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Lady Mason, who had assumed administration of his father"s affairs
He was elected to the House of Commons for Grantham in 1713, a seat he held until 1715 and again from 1722 to 1741, and also represented Lincolnshire between 1715 and 1722. In 1718 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Charleville, in the County of Cork, and Viscount Tyrconnel. There were no children from the two marriages.
Tyrconnel died in February 1754, aged 63.
Both the baronetcy and the two peerages became extinct on his death.
Royal Society.